# Durate funding: rounds and investors

> Durate has raised $500K across 1 round since 2024. Investors include Y Combinator. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/durate (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Pre-seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Durate*

One round we have observed, with the one investor named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$500K** raised across 1 round since 2024, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Pre-seed, $500K Dec 2024
- **Investors:** 1

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Dec 2024** Pre-seed **$500K** [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Durate's own website: 17 founders, 2 on the team.

**Benjamin Bryant** Co-Founder of Earbits

**David Pastewka** Co-Founder of Drapr

**Harry Qi** Co-founder of Motion

**Joe Montana** Co-Founder of Liquid 2

**Katey Caldwell** Co-Founder of Twenty Two

**Kulveer Taggar** Co-Founder of Zeus

**Manav Bokinala** Co-Founder of Vly

**Matt Lenhard** Co-Founder of Positional

**Nate Matherson** Co-Founder of LendEDU

**Ooshma Garg** Co-Founder of Gobble

**Richard Aberman** Co-Founder of WePay

**Taro Fukayama** Co-Founder of Fond

**Will Nida** Co-Founder of Forerunner

**William Drevno** Co-Founder of Drapr

**Xiaoyu Li** Co-Founder of Protegee

**Yash Kadadi** Co-Founder of Forerunner

**Yuri Sagalov** Founder of Wayfinder

- **Kaz Nejatian** COO of Shopify
- **Taylor Adams** Head of Venture at Rice

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

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## Quick answers about Durate

### Who invested in Durate?

Durate's investors include Y Combinator.

### How much has Durate raised?

Durate has raised $500K across 1 round since 2024.

### When did Durate last raise?

Durate's most recent round was a Pre-seed of $500K in Dec 2024.

### What was Durate's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $500K in Dec 2024, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Durate first?

Durate's first round on record, in Dec 2024, was backed by Y Combinator.

### What stage is Durate at?

Durate's latest named round is a Pre-seed, in Dec 2024.

### Where is Durate based?

Durate is based in the United States.

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